Comparison

ArcGIS Indoors vs Build Studio

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ArcGIS Indoors

Navigate and manage indoor spaces with this comprehensive system. Find people, reserve workspaces, and get turn-by-turn directions within complex buildings. Enhance occupant experience and streamline operations.

Highlights
  • Indoor wayfinding and navigation
  • Workspace and meeting room reservations
  • Find people, spaces, and assets
  • Save favorite locations
  • Share locations with directions
  • Integrates with indoor positioning systems
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ArcGIS Indoors is Esri’s complete indoor mapping system that provides foundational data management capabilities and focused apps to gain insights, improve operations, maintenance, and safety of indoor spaces. Enhance occupant and visitor experience at your organization with ArcGIS Indoors mobile application. Quickly find and route to people, spaces, assets, and work orders. Easily reserve workspaces and meeting rooms. Explore and Search Explore, search, and quickly find people, appointments and events, offices and classrooms, and other points of interest at your organization, so you don’t have to wonder where they are located. Wayfinding and Navigation Whether you’re an occupant or a visitor, ArcGIS Indoors makes navigating complex buildings easier. Know where people, spaces, assets, work orders and calendar appointments are. If the building is equipped with Bluetooth or WiFi indoor positioning systems, ArcGIS Indoors can interface with them to show exactly where you are on an indoor map. Workspace Reservations Whether you need a meeting room, a quiet spot for focused work, or a collaborative workspace for your team, the Indoors mobile app makes it easy to reserve workspaces. Search for workspaces based on time, duration, capacity, location, and available equipment, locate and view them on an interactive indoor map. Save Favorites Save the locations of people, events, and other points of interest to My Places. Quickly find them again whenever you need to. Share Whether you’re making others aware of a location or helping them find a work order location or a point of interest, sharing that location helps them get quick directions and start navigating to their destination. The location can be shared as a hyperlink using common mobile device apps, such as email, text, or instant messaging. App Launch Smart launch other apps directly from the Indoors mobile app. You can also launch the Indoors mobile app from other configurable mobile apps. For example, mobile workers using a work order app can launch the Indoors mobile app automatically to a specific work order. Employees using a company-specific events app can launch the Indoors mobile app automatically to the location of an event or meeting to quickly get directions without the need to search in the Indoors app.

About

Build Studio

Features
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Build Studio is a project management app designed for construction and interior design teams. It helps users manage projects, track progress, share updates, organize documents, and collaborate efficiently in one place.

Screenshots

ArcGIS Indoors4 screens
Build Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Build Studio at fortnightly against ArcGIS Indoors's every 4 months. Build Studio also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ArcGIS Indoors ships an update every 4 months, Build Studio fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ArcGIS Indoors versus Build Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArcGIS IndoorsBuild Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperESRIStephen Farmer

In-app purchases

None

ArcGIS Indoors

No in-app purchases

None

Build Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ArcGIS Indoors free?
ArcGIS Indoors is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Build Studio free?
Build Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ArcGIS Indoors or Build Studio have ads?
Neither ArcGIS Indoors nor Build Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ArcGIS Indoors or Build Studio?
ArcGIS Indoors ships an update every 4 months, and Build Studio fortnightly. Most recently, ArcGIS Indoors was updated on November 4, 2026 and Build Studio on October 31, 2026.

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